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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 29, 1908.

Application filed December 21,- 1907. Serial N 0. 407,532.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN W. GALBREATH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Auxvasse, in the county of Callaway and State of Missouri,have invented a newand useful Baling-Press, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to apparatus. for baling hay, straw and othermaterial, and has for its principal object to provide a press of verysimple and effective construction which may be used in connection with athresher or similar machine, or which may be employed for baling hay orstraw by horse power. r

A further object of the invention is to provide improved means forfeeding material to the balingchamber, so that the feed will be gradualand uniform in order to produce bales of uniform density and weight.

A still further object of the invention is to improve the constructionof the balingchamber by the employment of movable belts which form theupper and lower walls of the chamber, and which vision strips, soarranged as to aline with each other and separate the bales to an extentsufficient to permit the ready introduction of the binding or balingwires between them.

' A still further object of the invention is to improve and simplify theconstruction of the bale wire twisting mechanism, and to place the sameunder the control of the bales as the latter are discharged from themachine, the wire manipulating mechanism being held inoperative andwholly beyond the lines of the baling chamber until a bale is formed,and then being set into operation for the purpose of completing thepassage of the wires around the bale and the twisting of such wirestogether.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a mechanism ofthis the operation baling chamber is automatically stopped during thebale tying operation matically started as soon as this operation iscompleted.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a novel form oftying mechanism in which the wires are firmly gripped and held until thetwisting operation is completed, the twisted wires being cut andautomatically released while the single strands mg understood that carrypermanent di class in which of the movable belts of the and auto- I areheld in order to form a loop into which the fresh material is forcedduring the process of compressing a following bale.

A still further object of the invention is to provide an .improved meansfor detaching the hay or other material of one bale from the followingbale, the wire carrying needles being provided with cutting knives whichoperate to divide the hay as the needles cross the chamber for the purose of placing the wires in engagement with the twisting With these andother objects in view, as will more fully hereinafter appear, theinvention consists in certain novel features of construction andarrangement of parts, here inafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appendedclaims, it bevarious changes in the form, proportions, size and minordetails of the structure may be made without departing from the spiritor sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings z-Figure 1 is a side elevation of a balingpress constructed in accordance with the invention, one of the rearwheels being artly broken away. Fig. 2 is a plan view 0 the machine.Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2. Fig.4 is a transverse sectional view of the press on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1.Fig. 5 is a sectional plan view through the wire twisting mechanism.Fig. 6 is a sectional elevation of the revoluble wire clamp and twistingmechanism drawn to an enlarged scale. Fig. 7 is a plan view of the same.Fig. 8 is a transverse section on the line 88 of Fig. 7. Fig. 9 is adiagram showing the general course of the baling wire around twoadjacent bales. Fig. 10 is a sectional view of the pointed end of theneedle drawn to an enlarged scale. Fig. 11 is a detail erspective viewof the two needles and the gale cutting knife carried thereby. Fig. 12is a perspective diagram showing the two wire clamps and the revolubleclamp holding the wire which is to pass around the bale being formed,and, also, illustrating the twisted wire of a completed bale. Fig. 13 isa similar diagram showing the position of the clamps immediately afterthe passage of the lower needle and before the commencement of thetwisting operation.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate correspondingparts throughout the several figures of the drawings.

The main frame of the machines, comprises four heavy beams arranged toform an upper pair 10 and a lower pair 11, all of these beams extendingcontinuously throughout the len th of the machine, and being disposed inparallel relation. The forward ends of the lower beams are carried by abolster 12, that is connected by a king in to a lower bolster 13 on thefront axle 14 for steering purposes. The rear portions of the beams areconnected by two pairs of upright beams 15, which rest on a platform 16that is secured to the rear axle 17, this platform being connected tothe lower beams 11 by suitable reinforcing bars 18.

The vertical sides of the baling chamber are formed by plates 20 whichare rigidly secured between the beams 10 and 11 and the horizontal wallsare formed of upper and lower movable belts 21 and 22, which will behereinafter referred to, these belts being backed by plates 23, whichrevent their bulging outward during the ba e compressing operations.

At a point in advance of the entrance'to the baling chamber, the beams10 and 11 carry a rectangular guide 24, in which is mounted a pair ofalternately operating lungers 25, the rear ends of these plungers eingconnected by rods 26 to a pair of cranks 27 carried by a main shaft 28that is journaled in bearings at the front end of the machine. Thisshaft 28 is connected by gears 29 to a shaft 30 carrying a belt wheel31, that may be driven from the threshing machine, traction engine orother source of power.

The plungers 25 operate alternately and force any material which maydrop on the flooring 32 into the entrance end of thebaling chamber. Thehay or other material is fed downward to a position to be acted upon bythe plunger by means of a pair of alternately operable feeding fingers33, these fingers being pivoted on a stationary rod or spindle 34 thatis carried by the frame. Each finger is provided with an elongated slot35 for the passage of a crank 36. The two cranks 36 are disposeddiametrically opposite each other and are carried by a shaft 37 that isjournaled in the frame and is provided at one end with a pinion 40 thatintermeshes with an intermediate gear 41 mounted on a stud 42 projectingfrom the side of the frame.

The gear 41 receives motion from a pinion 42 that is rigidly secured toa shaft 43 journaled in bearings carried by the lower pair of beams 11,and extending completely across the machine. The opposite end of thisshaft 43 carries a fixed sprocket wheel 45 that is connected by a linkbelt 46 to asproeket wheel 47 on the shaft 28, and said sprocket wheel45 is, therefore, continuously rotated so long as motion is imparted tothe mam belt wheel 31..

Mounted loosely on the lower transvm'se shaft 43 is a gear wheel 50 andthe adjacent ends of the hubs of the sprocket wheel and gear wheel 50are provided with clutching teeth 51 which may be moved into engagementwith each other when it is desired to transmit movement from thesprocket wheel to the gear.

The outer end of the hub of sprocket wheel 45 is provided with an.annular groove 53 for the reception of the bifurcated end of a lever 54that is journaled on abracket 55, and provision is made forautomatically operating said lever for the purpose of engaging anddisengaging the clutch, the movement of the shaft being stopped duringthe tying of a bale and started as soon as the tying and twistingoperation is completed. The feeding lingers 33 extend through slots 56formed in a curved hood 57 that extends over the lower rear end of aninclined conveyer 53. The conveyer is preferably in the form of a frame59 having a pair of transverse shafts 66 and 61, around which passes afeed belt 62. The lower shaft 60 projects beyond one side of the frameand is provided with a sprocket to a sprocket wheel on the shaft 37 sothat any material placed on the belt will be fed down into the path ofmovement of the feed ing fingers and forced by the fingers downward intothe path of movement of the reciprocatory plungers.

In order to assist the feeding operation, a pair of stepped and inclinedfeed plates 67 are employed. The front ends of these plates are arrangedto work in guiding grooves 68 formed in the side bars 59 of the conveyerframe, and the rear ends of said plates slightly converge on linesapproxi mately parallel with the opposite sides of the hood 57. Theseplates are arranged to re ciprocate and are provided with steppedshoulders 70 which, by engagement withthe material, will tend togradually feed the same forward. The feeding strips are provided withoutwardly extending lugs 72 for the re ception of crank pins carried byarms 73 projecting from a pair of vertical shafts 7 4 that are journaledin the side bars of the conveyer frame, and each of these shafts isprovided with a lower rock arm or plate 77, the two arms being connectedfor mutual movement by a rod 78. One of the arms 77 is connected by apitman 79 to a crank pin 80 projecting from the face of the sprocketwheel 63, so that the rocker shafts 74 will be oscillated and willtransmit reciprocatory movement to the stepped feeding plates or strips67.

The upper belt 21 of the compression chamber is carried by two rollers81 and 82, and the lower belt is supported by two rollers 33 wheel 63which is connected by a link belt64 and 84. The roller 84 is rigidlysecured to the lower transverse shaft 43, and the gear wheel of thisshaft intermeshes with a gear 85 of the same diameter that is secured toa shaft 86, the latter carrying the roller 82, so that both rolls willberotated and the two belts will be actuated by precisely the same speedand the material which is forced between them by the plungers will becarried by the belts to the discharge end of the chamber. The materialis divided into bales by means of division strips or bars 88 which arepermanently secured to the belts and are arranged at equi-distantintervals from each other, these strips or bars projecting inwardthrough a distance sufficient to partly divide the material, the finalsevering of the material to form separate bales being accomplishedduring the passage of the baling wires across the baling chamber.

Mounted on the cover or top plate 90 of the baling chamber is a frame 91in which is journaled a yoke shaped frame having two arms 92 and 93 thatstraddle. the baling chamber. The lower end of the arm 92 is connectedto a cross head 94 that is mounted in guides 95 rojecting from one sideof the baling chamher, and to this cross head are secured two needles 96and 97, the needles being arranged to move across the baling chamber andcarry the baling wires ac.

The two needles are arranged to move in paths close to the divisionstrips 88, and in order that the material between successive bales maybe severed, a cutting knife 98 is secured to the needles near theforward ends thereof, the knife being serrated and slightly inclined, sothat it may exercise more or less of a draw out and thus pass throughthe material with minimum resistance.

The needles are channeled being approximately U-shape in form, the openside of the needle 96 bein uppermost and the open side of the needle 97owermost and the sidewalls of each needle are cut away, as indicated at99, to facilitate the passage of the wire clamping means by which thewires are held during and after the twisting operation. In each needleis arranged a small grooved pulley 100, around which the wire passes forthe purpose of minimizing friction.

At that side of the baling chamber which supports the wire twistingmechanism, is arranged a plate 102 having a vertically elongated slot103 through which the two needles pass to the twisting mechanism. On theouter face of this plate is mounted a longitudinally slidable plate 104,also provided with a slot 105 for the passage of the needles, the

slot 105 being approximately twice the width of the slot 103. One wallof the slot 105 is shaped to form a pair of clamping jaws 106 whichco-act with the adjacent wall of the slot 103 for the purpose ofclamping the two Wires that extend one from the upper portion l of theneedle 96 and the other from the lower portion of the needle 97, thisclamping action occurring immediately after the needles have been thrustacross the baling chamber, and continuing until after the completion ofthe wire twisting operation, while the width of the slot 105 is suchthat the needles may retreat across the baling chamber during thetwisting operation, leaving the wires in the clamped position. The plate104 is guided between a pair of straps 107 and is connected to one endof a lever 108 that is pivoted on a bracket 109 projecting from the sideof the baling chamber. The opposite end of this lever carries ananti-friction roller 110 which engages a cam 111 that is mounted on ashaft 112, said shaft being arranged to make one complete rotativemovement at the completion of each bale compressing operation, for thepurpose of twisting the ends of the baling wires together.

Mounted at one side of the baling chamber is a frame 115 having bearingsfor the sup port of the shaft 112, and loosely mounted on one end ofthis shaft is a large bevel gear 116 that intermeshes with a bevelpinion 117 on the shaft 42, the bevel wheel 116 being rotatedcontinuously during all the time the machine is in operation, buttransmitting movement to the shaft 112 to the extent ofone completerotative movement after the compression of the material necessary toform each bale.

The hub of the gear 116 is provided with clutch teeth which are arrangedto be engaged by a clutching sleeve 118 that is feathered to the shaft112, and this sleeve has an annular groove receiving the bifurcated endof a lever 119 that is pivoted on the fixed frame.

At the rear end of the baling chamber is a transversely disposed shaft120 from the central portion of which projects an arm 121 that isdisposed immediately in the path of the bales as they aredischarged fromthe chamber,- and during a bale discharging movement, this arm will beheld. up in an approximately horizontal position. As soon as the balepasses beyond the end of the arm and falls, said arm will be swung downto a vertical position by' means of a spring 122 that is connected to anarm 123 secured to one end of the shaft. This arm 123 is connected by arod 124 to a rocker arm 125 on a vertical shaft 126 that is disposed atone side of the baling chamber adjacent the entrance end thereof, andfrom this shaft projects an arm 127 that is arranged to engage with andoperate the clutch lever 55, it being noted that when the main baleengaging arm 121 is in the vertical position and the bale is issuingfrom the chamber, the clutching teeth 51 of gear 50 will be the sprocketwheel 45 and held in engagement with each other, so that movement willbe transmitted to the feeding fingers, and the belts of the compressionchamber, but when the bale engaging arm swings down to the verticalposition, the clutch will be released and movement will no longer betransmitted to the gear wheel 50, and the belt, so that said belts willstop until after the completion of the twisting of the bale wires.

Mounted pivotally on that end of the shaft opposite the spring is aU-shaped lever 130, the upper arm of this lever being connected by a rod131 to the clutch operating lever 119. The opposite arm of the levercarries a pivoted pull pawl 132, the toothed end of which is arranged toengage the shoulder of a ratchet disk 133 that is rigidly secured to theshaft 120, the shoulder being moved to engaging position when the arm121 is moved upward by engagement with a bale, and then when the arm ispulled down after the passage of a bale, the disk is turned, and themovement is transmitted from the shouldered disk to the pawl, and fromthence to the lever 130, turning the latter and pulling on the rod 131,so that movement is imparted to the clutch operating lever 119 and thegear wheel 116 is clutched to the shaft 112.

The tail of the pawl 132 is engaged by a spring 134 that surrounds a rod135 pivoted to the tail of the pawl and passing through a small guidingo ening in a lug 136 carried by the bell crank fever. Provision is madefor engaging the tail of the pawl and moving the same to releaseposition for the urpose of allowing the clutch to move to re leaseposition after the completion of the wire twisting operation, and thisrelease of the clutch is accomplished automatically, as will hereinafterappear.

On the auxiliary frame at the side of the press are arranged two shafts140 and 141 that are disposed in superposed relation. At the inner endof each of these shafts is secured a small drum 143 carrying at one end.a cutting knife 144, and at the opposite end a toothed clamp 145. Theclamp in the present instance is in the form of a disk having fiveequi-distantly spaced teeth which co-act with the adjacent concavedsurface 147 of a stationary clamping plate 148 for the purpose oftemporarily holding the wires, this clamping device being principallyintended to hold the end of the wire after the completion of thetwisting operations, and the wire extending across the baling chamber inposition to be formed into a loop by the material being compressed inthe form of a bale.

The cutter 144 is provided with live radially extending cutting blades149 which are arranged to coact with a stationary cutting lade 150arranged at the bottom of a slot 151 formed in a plate 152, and theedges of the cutters are arranged slightly to the rear of the edges ofthe clamping teeth, so that they will not tend to grip the wire untilthe latter is ready to be released.

The outer ends of the shafts are connected to each other by gears 151 ofequal diameter, and the gear of the upper shaft intermeshes with apinion 152 that is carried by a short shaft or stud 153 mounted in thestationary frame. Secured to the pinion 172 is a bevel pinion 154 thatis arranged to be engaged by a beveled rack 155 carried by a revolubledisk 156 that is permanently secured to the shaft 112. The length of therack 155 and the diameter of the gear 154 are such that during thesingle complete rotative movement of the disk and the full travel of therack in mesh with the gear, the cutters and clamps will be revolved tothe extent of two fifths of a revolution. The shafts will be rotatedimmediately after the needle crosses the baling chamber, at which timethe loop of wire projecting from each needle will be caught by theclamping teeth and radial cutters, which latter are arranged to movethrough the recessed sides 99 of the needles.

Mounted in bearings in the stationary frame are two helically twisted orthreaded shafts 160, and to the inner end of each shaft is secured awire twister 161 having a projecting finger 162 that is arranged to en.-gage with two of the wire ends held by the clamping devices, and twistsuch wire ends together. The helical shafts extend through a verticalgroove 164 that is formed in the outer end of the arm 93, and as thelatter moves, the two shafts will be rotated first in one direction, andthen in the opposite direction. The lower end of the arm 93 is providedwith a second groove 166 through which passes a crank pin 167 thatprojects from the revoluble disk 156, and as this disk makes onecomplete revolution at each. operation, the two arms 92 and 93 of theyoke like frame will make one complete oscillatory movement for thepurpose of moving the needles across the baling chamber, clamping,cutting and twisting the wires, and again moving the needle back to theinitial position, leaving the baling wires stretched straight across thechamber in position to be engaged by the forward end of a new bale.

anism, the position assumed by the parts during the bale formingoperation, is such that a single wire a; is engaged by each of theclamps and passing from thence through the clamp ing jaws 106 extendsaround the for\\"ard end of the bale or that end of the bale nearest thedischarge end of the chamber, and thence along the side of the bale tothe needle. At this time a previously formed bale is being forcedthrough the end. of the discharge chamber, and by engagement with thearm 121 is holding the latter in the approximately l horizontalposition, so that the clutch 1 15 is In the operation of this portion ofthe meeh- I out beyond. th

in the idle position, and no movement is being transmitted tothe shaft112. At this time, also, the crank pin 156 is disposed in a horizontalplane with theaxis of the shaft 112 and lies adjacent the side of thebaling chamber, while the needles are drawn clear e opposite side of thebaling chamber, leaving the latter free for the passage of the materialbeing compressed.

When a bale dro s from the discharge end of the press, the finger 121will be swung down from the horizontal position and will operate throughthe ratchet mechanism and the clutch lever to move the clutching sleeve118 into engagement with the clutch hub of the bevel gear 116, so thatthe shaft 112 will be started into motion.

During the first portion of the movement of the shaft and the disk 156,the arm 92 will be rocked in such manner as to carry the needles acrossthe baling chamber and the cutting knife which is carried by saidneedles sever any material which may tend to connect two adjacent bales.The movement of the needles will be completed by the time the disk 156has moved to the extent of 180, but during the latter part of thismovement, the travel of the needles will be so slow as to be practicallynegligible. Just at this time, or as the disk nears the completion ofits 180 movement, the cam 111 will operate on the needle 108 and movethe clamping plate 104 for the purpose of clamping the two wires whichproject one from the upper side of the needle 96 and the other from thelower side of the needle 97, and at the same time the rack 155 will haveengaged a bevel, pinion 154, and movement will be transmitted to the twoshafts 140 and 141, so as to revolve the same to the extent oftwo-fifths of a revolution. which have already been caught by theclamping plate will be caught by the adjacent teeth of the revolubleclamps, and will, also, be looped around the alining cutting blade, andit will be remembered that the initial wire as is already in position inthis clamp. As each clamp and cutter is revolved to the extent oftwo-fifths of a revolution, the two wires which have been caught by theclamps will be carried to and beyond the stationary cutting blade 150and will be severed, but the wires will still be retained in place bythe clamping plate 104, while the loops of wire which have passed aroundand beyond the radial cutting blades 149 will be carried down to theposition assumed by the initial wire first referred to and held insuchposition as to be engaged by the material advancing in the formation ofanother bale. As soon as the disk passes beyond the 180 mar the needlestarts to retreat but the clamping plate still retains said needles inplace, although the wires have not yet been completely severed, thelocation of the rack being such that the As a result of this, the loopsof wire severing operation does not occur until after the twistingoperation commences. As soon as the yoke like frame starts to swing backto carry the needles to the initial position, and the arm 93 moves in .acorresponding direction, the helical shafts 160 of the twisters willstart to revolve and the finger 162 of said twisters will engage withthe wires which are about to be severed and will start the twistingoperation, and as soon as the wires have been so engaged, the cutterswill act and the wires will be severed, while the twisting operationcontinues until the full swing ofthe yoke like frame has beenaccomplished, and the needles restored to the initial position. Justbefore the return of the crank pin to its initial position of rest, thecam 111 will engage the lever 108 and will move the clamping plate torelease position, so that the twisted wires now bound around the balewill be free to move with the completed bale toward the point ofdischarge. It now remains to unclutch the shaft 112 and to again startthe movement of the belts and feeding devices.

Pivoted to the side of the compression chamber at a point adjacent thedischarge end thereof, is a projecting arm 171 that is arranged toengage the tail of the pawl 132. The opposite end of the lever isconnected by a rod 172 to a bell crank lever 173 that is pivoted on theframe. One arm of the bell crank lever is disposed in the path ofmovement of the arm 93 of the yoke frame, and as the latter moves towardits initial position of rest it will en gage with this bell crank leverand will transmit movement to the lever 170, so that the finger 171 willbe forced into engagement with the pawl, thereby locking the pawl on itspivot and moving the toothed end of the pawl out of engagement with theshouldered disk 133, and then a spring 176 of the rod 131 moves theclutch operating lever in such manner as to withdraw the clutchingsleeve 118 from engagement with the clutch hub of the gear 116, stoppingthe movement of the twisting mechanism. At the same time a spring 122operates on the rod 124 at the opposite side of the press and actuatesthe clutch lever 55 for the purpose of moving the sprocket wheel 45 intoclutching engagement with the gear wheel 50, so as to again start themovement of the feeding devices and the two endless belt of thecompression chamber.

I claim I 1. In a baling press, a baling chamber, movable belts formingopposing walls of the baling chamber, and division strips carriedtransversely of said belts for severing the compressed bales.

2. In a baling press, a baling chamber, movable belts forming opposingwalls of the baling chamber, division strips carried by the a lever 170having at one end belts transversely thereon for severing the compressedbales, and connecting gearing for positively driving the belts atuniform speed.

3. In a baling press, a baling chamber, a plunger mechanism forcompressing the material within the chamber, a pair of feeding fingersmounted for oscillation on a fixed pivot, a hood having slots for thepassage of the fingers, and an endless conveyer for delivering thematerial within the hood.

4. The combination with a baling press, of a baling chamber, acompression plunger, fingers for feeding the material into position tobe acted upon by the plunger, an endless conveyer for delivering thematerial to the fingers, and a pair of feeding strips extending overeach conveyer and disposed at an angle thereto, said strips beingprovided with a pluralityof shoulders for engagement with the material.

5. In a baling press, the combination with a baling chamber, of acompression plunger, feeding fingers for delivering the material to aposition in advance of the plungers, and a conveyer, a pair of angularlyrelated feeding strips disposed above the discharge end of the conveyer,rock shafts journaled at the sides of the conveyer, cranks carried bythe rock shafts and engaging said strips, crank arms on the rock shafts,a connecting bar between the crank arms, and an operating memberconnected to one of said crank arms.

6. The combination with a baling press including a baling chamber, of aplurality of wire carrying needles movable across the baling chamber,and a cutting knife carried by said needles for severing the material toform separate bales.

7. In a baling press, including a baling chamber, a pair of wirecarrying needles movable across the chamber, and a serrated cuttingblade secured between said needles and adapted to sever the material toform separate bales.

8. In a baling press, a baling chamber, a yoke like frame straddlingsaid chamber, a needle carrid by one arm of the frame, and a wiretwisting mechanism operable from the opposite arm of said frame.

9. The combination with a baling press including a baling chamber, of awire carrying needle arranged to move across the baling chamber, a pairof spaced rotating wire clamps arranged to engage the wire, a twisterarranged to engage the wires at a point between the clamps, and meansfor cutting the wire at a point beyond the outermost clamp.

10. The combination with a baling press having means for supporting areel of wire, of a wire carrying needle, a revoluble member having aplurality of successively operable clamping surfaces, means foroperating said clamping member, an inner clamp for engaging the wires ata point between the first mentioned clamp and the reel support, atwister arranged to engage the wires at a. point between the clamps, anda cutting means movable with and arranged beyond the clamping member.

11. The combination with a baling press having means for supporting areel of wire, of a wire carrying needle, a revoluble toothed clamparranged to engage the loop of wire carried by the needle, an innerclamp for engaging the wire between the toothed clamp and reel support,a revoluble twister arranged to engage and twist the wire between thetwo clamps, and means operating with said toothed clamp to guide thewire during the twisting operation.

12. In combination, a baling press including abaling chamber, a wirecarrying needle, a pair of spaced rotating wire clamps arranged torevolve and engage the wires. a twister engaging the wire between thetwo clamps, a helical shaft carrying the twister, and a pivotallymounted frame having a slotted arm for engaging the helical shaft andprovided with a second arm connected to the needle.

13. The combination with a baling press including a baling chamber, of awire carrying needle, a pivotally mounted. frame having one armconnected to the needle, the opposite arm. of said frame having anelongated slot, a twister having a helical shaft that passes throughsaid slot, and means for actuating said frame.

14. The combination with a baling press including a baling chamber, of awire carrying needle arranged to move across the baling chamber, ashaft, a toothed wire clamping disk, and a cutter mounted on the shaft,the cutter having blades of a number corresponding to the number ofclamping teeth, said teeth and cutters being arranged substantially inalinement and arranged to receive the loop of wire carried by theneedle, an inner clamp for holding the wire, and a twister for engagingthe wires at points between. the two clamps.

15. The combination with a baling press, of a wire carrying needle, atwister, a helical shaft carrying the twister, a slotted arm engagingsaid. shaft, a crank disk for actuating said arm, a rack on said crankdisk, a revolu- ..I

ble clamp, a shaft carrying the same, and a gear carried by the shaftand engaging said rack.

16. The combination with a bahng press,

of a wire carrying needle, a twister, a helical. j

shaft carrying the twister, a slotted arm engaging the helical shaft, acrank disk for actuating said slotted arm, a rack carried by the disk, ashaft arranged parallel with the twister shaft and provided with a gearin mesh with the rack, a toothed clamping disk, and a cutter carried bysaid shaft and arranged to receive the loop of wire carried by I and atoothed the needle, and an auxiliary clamp arranged to engage the wiresat a point between the twister and the baling chamber.

17. The combination with a baling press, of a wire carrying needle, aslotted plate are ranged at one side of the baling chamber of the pressto permit the assage of the needle, a clamping plate mova .le to clampthe wire against one wall of the slot, a shaft, a cam carried thereby, alever connected to the plate and arranged to be actuated by said cam, acrank disk carried by the shaft and provided with a rack, a crank pinprojecting from the disk, a yoke frame pivoted upon the baling chamberand having one arm connected to the needle, the second arm of the 'yokebeing provided with a pair of slots, one of which is engaged by thecrank pin and twister, a

helical twister shaft extending through second slot of the arm, arevoluble clamping disk, a shaft carrying the cutter and disk, and agear carried by the cutter shaft and intermeshing with said rack.

18. The combination cutter,

pression means for forcing the material into the baling chamber, anoperating device for the compression means, and means under the controlof bales issuing from the chamber for connecting and disconnecting theneedle and twister from said operating means.

19. The combination with'a baling press, including a baling chamber, ofa wire carrying needle, a wire twisting mechanism, an operating devicenormally disconnected from said twisting mechanism, a shaft arranged atarm carried by the gage the bales of material as they issue from thechamber, a shouldered disk rigidly secured to the shaft, a lever pivotedon the shaft, means under the control of said lever disconnecting theoperatthe l with a baling press, l of a wire carrying needle, a twlster,a coming mechanism and the twistmg means, a I

pawl carried by the lever and arranged to be engaged by the shouldereddisk, and means for automatically disengaging the pawl at the completionof each twisting operation.

20. The combination with a baling press including a baling chamber, of ashaft arranged at the discharge end of the baling chamber, a rocker armcarried by the shaft and arranged to be engaged by the bales asthey-issue from said chamber, means for turning the arm down at thefinal discharge of each bale, a shouldered disk rigidly secured to theshaft, a lever pivoted on the shaft, a pawl carried by the lever andengaging said disk, a wire twisting mechanism, and operating meanstherefor, a clutch for connecting the wire twisting mechanism to theoperating means, a clutch operating lever operable at the completion ofeach twisting operation for disengaging the pawl from the shouldereddisk and permitting movement of the clutch to release position.

21. The combination with a baling press including a baling chamber, of awire twisting mechanism operable at the completion of each bale, a pairof belts forming opposing walls of the baling chamber, a compressionmeans for forcing the material into the baling chamber, an operatingdevice for imparting motion to the compression means, and the belts, andmeans under the control of bales issuing from the chamber for stoppingmovement'of the belts during the wire twisting operation and permittingcontinued movement of the compression means during such operation.

22. In a baling ress, a baling chamber, a pair of movable be ts formingopposing walls of the baling chamber, an intermittently operable wiretwisting mechanism, means for stopping the movement of the belts duringthe operation of the wire twisting mechanism, and a continuouslyoperable compression mechanism arranged to force the material into thebaling chamber.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN W. GALBREATH. Witnesses:

JNo. E. PARKER, FRANK S. APPLEMAN.

